http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog ... because the road to health is paved with good intentions Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/why-would-i-use-hypnosis/568/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/why-would-i-use-hypnosis/568/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:51:26 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=568 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/why-would-i-use-hypnosis/568/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/parenting-class-for-parents-of-children-age-3-to-9/563/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/parenting-class-for-parents-of-children-age-3-to-9/563/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:35:30 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=563 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/parenting-class-for-parents-of-children-age-3-to-9/563/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/is-surgical-weight-loss-right-for-you/557/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/is-surgical-weight-loss-right-for-you/557/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:25:06 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=557 By Shiro Perera Torquato, Ph.D. Surgical weight loss is an important decision that many people make to improve their health, appearance and self-esteem.  After years of trying endless diets with little success you may have considered this as an option for yourself.  Bariatric surgery, such as Gastric by-pass surgery or Lap-Band surgery are two of the [...]]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/is-surgical-weight-loss-right-for-you/557/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/cyber-bullying-do-you-know-what-it-is/550/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/cyber-bullying-do-you-know-what-it-is/550/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:10:20 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=550 If you think the term bully refers only to the “mean kid” at school, think again. These days, bullying has risen to a whole new level, thanks to the internet, cell phones, and our whole “wired-in” mentality. Because words spread like wildfire over the internet, cyber-bullying is a far more damaging phenomenon than that “mean [...]]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/cyber-bullying-do-you-know-what-it-is/550/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/lap-band-surgery-read-this-first/523/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/lap-band-surgery-read-this-first/523/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:58:24 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=523 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/lap-band-surgery-read-this-first/523/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:15:45 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=517 We keep reading more and more about how seemingly minor head injuries can cause major trauma to the brain.  At the risk of offending the entire football playing community of parents, I am posting this link to Time Magazine’s article from 1/28/10. It talks at length about the long-lasting problems that cumulative concussions can cause.  I [...]]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/football-read-before-playing-or-signing-up-your-son/517/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/make-your-marriage-better-in-5-minutes-a-day/513/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/make-your-marriage-better-in-5-minutes-a-day/513/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:55:32 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=513 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/make-your-marriage-better-in-5-minutes-a-day/513/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/this-too-shall-pass-the-secret-to-peace/501/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/this-too-shall-pass-the-secret-to-peace/501/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:41:35 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=501 Image via Wikipedia You’ve heard the saying “This too shall pass”, but do you know its origin?  Apparently it comes from the Jewish Midrash, a collection of teachings on Scripture.  Here it one version of the story, taken from a sermon.  It begins like this: This story, recorded in the Talmud, speaks, of a ring, a [...]]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/this-too-shall-pass-the-secret-to-peace/501/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/does-letting-your-baby-cry-it-out-cause-harm/495/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/does-letting-your-baby-cry-it-out-cause-harm/495/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:31:36 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=495 Here’s a link to a post that was being share on one of my therapist email lists recently. http://www.drmomma.org/2009/12/crying-it-out-causes-brain-damage.html For us “old moms” it can be upsetting to wonder if we caused damage by letting our children cry.  I can’t remember too many events where that was true, but one in particular stands out.  I remember our [...]]]> http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/does-letting-your-baby-cry-it-out-cause-harm/495/feed/ 0 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/helping-your-children-and-you-cope-with-haiti-earthquake/493/ http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/helping-your-children-and-you-cope-with-haiti-earthquake/493/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:58:12 +0000 Deborah Tucker http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/?p=493 http://www.simi-therapy.com/blog/helping-your-children-and-you-cope-with-haiti-earthquake/493/feed/ 0